I thoroughly enjoyed the audio version and nearly five hours of intense listening to The Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Robert Hollander (Translator) and Jean Hollander (Translator). Epic poems are grand, but this rendition helped me navigate the circles of Dante’s Hell in a more visual way, as I traveled through the underworld and experienced Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Avarice and Prodigality, Anger and Sullenness, Heresy, and Violence. As an everyday reader who loves poetry, I stepped carefully behind Dante and Virgil, not wanting to lose sight of them and become lost in the Darkness.
But I would not recommend this book for children or anyone who becomes disturbed or loses sleep from horrid visual reminders of what happens to someone who refuses to accept the beautiful gift of faith in God and His grace and chooses to live in darkness and separated from the exquisite love of God for eternity. The black-and-white illustration inside the print version will aid readers in navigating further inside the darkening chasm where there is no hope.
If you appreciated The Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Robert Hollander (Translator) and Jean Hollander (Translator), you will likely enjoy my personal favorite, The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis. Another excellent Lewis choice may be The Screwtape Letters or the C.S. Lewis Essential Library for hours of reading pleasure.
